Phone use during school can disrupt learning, damage critical thinking skills and harm social development, a UCLA Health expert says.
‘As students begin a new school year, school district officials across California are considering or establishing cellphone-use restrictions on campus. Their reasoning? Increased screen time, along with prolonged social media use, may disrupt the learning environment, stunt social development and harm students’ mental health, they say.
, a child and adolescent psychologist and professor at UCLA Health, agrees that removing cellphones from the classroom may have a positive influence.
“There are more harms associated with cellphone use in school than the benefits,” says Dr. Piacentini, who is also a father of three.
With 83.9% of adolescents ages 16-19 having a cell phone, as reported by the the health effects of cellphones on children are becoming more apparent.’
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